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Swampscott (Mass.) :: 5 maps
Title:
Atlas of the boundaries of the city of Lynn and towns of Nahant, Saugus, and Swampscott, Essex County; and Wakefield, Middlesex County.
Publisher:
[Boston?] : Commonwealth of Massachusetts Harbor and Land Commission, 1902.
Note(s):
Leaves lettered and numbered as “sheets.” Sheet 16 printed on both sides; verso numbered 16a.
One of 68 town boundary atlases produced by the Topographical Survey Commission (1898-1900) and the Harbor and Land Commission (1901-1915) of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Includes a summary of the history of the establishment of the city and towns by legislative enactment; a list of statutes establishing or altering the boundaries; extracts from the statutes; descriptions and positions of triangulation stations; a map of the boundaries; and plans of the city and town corners.
Map scale (from bar graph) ca. 1:53,000.
Cover title: Boundary lines of Lynn – Nahant – Saugus Swampscott -Wakefield.
Title:
Atlas of the city of Lynn, Massachusetts. Including, also, the towns of Swampscott and Saugus. : Based upon, and compiled from, the best obtainable public and private sources, together with the original work of the publishers special corps of engineers. ..
Publisher:
Springfield, Mass. : L.J. Richards & Co., 1905.
Note(s):
Index map scale [ca. 1:10,000]; Plates 17-18 [1:6,000]. 1 in. to 500 ft.; Plates 19-21 [1:2,400]. 1 in. to 200 ft.; Plate 22 [1:3,600]. 1 in. to 300 ft.; Plates 23-24 [ca. 1:3,100]
Maps show building materials (brick, brick and wood, stone, wood, iron), barns/stables/sheds, house-numbers and names of property owners, fire hydrants, water pipes, sewers, steam railroads, street railways, and ward lines.
Includes street index (verso of t.-p.)
Maps backed with cloth.

Cartographer: Hamill, H. L.
Date: 1942
Imprint: [S.l. : s.n.]
Dimensions: 1 map ; 37 x 69 cm.

Call no.: G3764.S9 1942 .H3

Cartographer: Krol, William A.
Date: 1967
Imprint: [S.l. : s.n.]
Dimensions: 1 map ; 33 x 62 cm.

Call no.: G3764.S9 1967 .K7

Cartographer: Jones, Edward A.
Date: 1895
Imprint: Boston : Edward A. Jones
Dimensions: 1 map ; 29 x 49 cm.

Call no.: G3764.S9 1895 .J6

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